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databricks Platform · Updated Mar 6, 2026

Databricks Apps telemetry (Beta)

You can now configure telemetry for your Databricks apps to collect traces, logs, and metrics and persist them to Unity Catalog tables using the OpenTelemetry (OTel) protocol.

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What it does

You can now configure telemetry for your Databricks apps to collect traces, logs, and metrics and persist them to Unity Catalog tables using the OpenTelemetry (OTel) protocol. After you enable app telemetry, Databricks automatically captures system logs and usage events. Public Preview App telemetry is in Public Preview.

Why it matters

Databricks recommends enabling predictive optimization on the telemetry target tables for better query performance.

Key capabilities
name: OTELTRACESSAMPLER value: 'alwayson'
name: OTELTRACESSAMPLER value: 'alwayson'
name: OTELTRACESSAMPLER value: 'alwayson'
name: OTELTRACESSAMPLER value: 'alwayson'
name: OTELTRACESSAMPLER value: 'alwayson'
name: OTELTRACESSAMPLER value: 'alwayson'
name: OTELTRACESSAMPLER value: 'alwayson'
name: OTELTRACESSAMPLER value: 'alwayson'
Architecture
Databricks Platform → Platform
In short

You can now configure telemetry for your Databricks apps to collect traces, logs, and metrics and persist them to Unity Catalog tables using the OpenTelemetry (OTel) protocol. After you enable app telemetry, Databricks automatically captures system logs and…

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Key takeaway
You can now configure telemetry for your Databricks apps to collect traces, logs, and metrics and persist them to Unity Catalog tables using the OpenTelemetry (OTel) protocol.
2026-03-06-databricks-apps-telemetry-beta Generated by the Databricks Updates Agent · browse all updates